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Written Exercises
Tell whether the triangles are similar or not similar. If you can't reach a
conclusion, write no conclusion is possible.
A

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6.

8. 9.
70~
Trapezoid given Parallelograms given

J~
5N 20
10. Complete.
JK = IN = KN
a. 6.JKN ~ _ ?_ b. M
? ? ?
18 x
c. ~ = ~ and ~ = g d. x = _ 7_ and y
? ? ? ? 12 y
K L

13LS\
Find the values of x and y .
11. 12.
~ ' 12 12
x
\ 9 12 l2+y
~
\3 2 3
12
~'y
15 Y
x x
8

B 14. a. Name two triangles that are 15. If IV = 36 m, VE = 20 m, and EB 15 m,

similar to 6.ABC. find the width, RI, of the river.
b. Find the values of x and y.
R
C

20 ~X
A~B 16 D Y
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16. To estimate the height of a pole, a basketball

player exactly 2 m tall stood so that the ends
of his shadow and the shadow of the pole co-
incided . He found that DE and DF measured
1.6 m and 4.4 m , respectively. About how
tall was the pole?
FED

17. The diagram, not drawn to scale, shows a film being projected on a screen.
LF = 6 cm and LS = 24 m. The screen image is 2 .2 m tall. How tall
is the film image?

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L
--
-- --- ji-
----
F ----
Lamp --- S
Film image
Screen image

In Exercises 18 and 19 ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the values of x and y.

18. 19.
D C 6

~;;?r
A 18 B
A 16 B

20. You can estimate the height of a flagpole by placing a

mirror on level ground so that you see the top of the /
flagpole in it. The girl shown is 172 cm tall. Her eyes /
/
are about 12 cm from the top of her head. By measurement ,
Mi!r ror //
AM is about 120 cm and A ' M is about 4 .5 m. From
physics it is known that L 1 ~ L 2. Explain why the "1'-. / 2/
triangles are similar and find the approximate height of M A'
the pole .
21. Given: EF II RS 22. Gi ven : L 1 ~ L 2
Prove: a. 6. FXE ~ 6. SXR Prove: a. 6. J/G ~ 6. JZY
FX EF lG GI
h. SX h.
RS lY YZ
s Y

J Z
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Written Exercises
Name two similar triangles. What postulate or theorem justifies your answer?
A E

n
1. 2. c J T

~
AC?~D
B 6 C

A B
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H
3. 4. c
L O~P

L ~
N

~
7.5 ~5
65° N
A 12 B X 8 R
K 12 M
5. B E A 6.
C2~ B

'\/? c
Jl~
R S

One triangle has vertices A, B, and C. Another has vertices T, R, and f.

Are the two triangles similar? If so, state the similarity and the scale factor.

AB BC AC TR Rf TI

7. 6 8 10 9 12 15
8. 6 8 10 12 22 16
9. 6 8 10 20 25 15
10. 6 8 10 10 7.5 12.5

11. Given: DE = DF = EF D
GH GI HI G

~
==
~
Prove: L E LH
. DE EF
12. GIven: -
GH
= - ' LE
HI '
== LH E F H I
EF DF
Prove: - = -
HI GI
v
B 13. Given:
vx = Vy
VW vz
Prove: WZ II XY
. VW VZ
14. GIven: - = -
Y
VY VX X
Which one(s) of the following must be true?
(1) I'c:, VWZ ~ I'c:, VXY (2) WZ II XY (3) L 1 == LY